Shōzō Nanbu

In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.

"Merhamet duygusu olmayan biri artık insan değil demektir" Orta Çağ Japonya'sında özgürlüklükçü politikaları yüzünden sürgüne gönderilen vali Taira, oğlu Zushio'ya böyle söyler. Zushio, annesi Tamaki ( muhteşem Kinuyo Tanaka) ve kız kardeşi Anju'yla beraber ailesinin topraklarından kaçar. Bir rahibenin ele verdiği Zushio ve Anju, zalim Sansho'nun (Eitaro Shindo) yönettiği çok büyük bir esir kampına gönderilirler. Anneleri de kaçırılarak uzakta ki bir adaya götürülüp Fuhuşa itilir. Böylece, sinema adına yapılmış en dokunaklı ve felsefi yolculuklardan biri başlar. Kenji Mizoguchi'nin ölümünden kısa bir süre önce çektiği bir dizi başyapıtın belki de doruk noktası olan Efendi Sansho, büyük ölçüde, ağır kamera hareketleriyle ilerleyen karmaşık biçimde tasarlanmış genel planlardan oluşan, yönetmenin imzası haline gelmiş bir görsel Uslubun mükemmeliyetini sergiler; Mizoguchi bu tarzı 1930'lardan itibaren geliştirmeye başlamıştır.

Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique way of extracting information for his inquiries. His first adventure sees him investigating his superior officer's mistress, whom he suspects of having ties with a reputed criminal on the loose.

Otsuya, the daughter of a rich merchant, elopes with her lover Shinsuke, an employee of her father's. During their flight, Otsuya's beauty attracts the gaze of Seikichi, a mysterious master tattooist who sees her pristine white skin as the perfect canvas for his art. The image of the large demonic spider that he emblazons across Otsuya's back marks her as the property of another man, radically altering her relationships with all around her as her personality seems to transform under its influence.

Bir yıl önce hayranlık duyulan rakibi Hirate'yi öldürdüğü köye geri dönenen Zatoichi, burada başka bir Samuray ve eski rakibi, aynı zamanda kendi kanından ve canından biri olan kardeşiyle savaşmak zorunda kalmıştır

Two college girls who work part-time as shrine maidens swap their names with private investigators conducting a marriage background check, throwing their boyfriends into total chaos.

A sweet and melancholy melodrama set against the backdrop of the beautiful Seto Inland Sea, in which a pair of twin sisters, one a young lady of high birth, the other a maid, are manipulated by the threads of fate as they vie for the affection of the same young man.

Huzur bulmak umuduyla eski köyüne dönen Zatoichi, bunu yerine kendini sorunların ortasında bulur. Bir aşk üçgeninin içine düşmüştür ve eski hasımları onu evine kadar takip etmiştir.

A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the introduction of his daughter's lover to his wife.

Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu is manipulated by a ninja master into attempting to assassinate the warlord before he completes his task.

By day, he is a young master whose beauty melts women’s hearts. By night, he is the elusive “White Hood.”

Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is married.

Japan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor Toba and the monks of Mount Hiei.

A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it and directing duties turned over to Yoshimura Kozaburo.

Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, dies, she is given to the temple's lascivious head priest Kikuchi. She is drawn to a melancholy young acolyte, Jinen, who has observed the profligacy of his cruel master and Satoko's utter dependence on the man. Jinen is both fascinated and disturbed by Satoko's interest in him; he is similarly caught between loathing of Kikuchi and of the dark circumstances of his birth and his own moral weakness. The story unfolds in a dreamlike manner—a flashback inspired by a now-infamous image on a silkscreen in the souvenir shop at the so-called Temple of the Wild Geese.

Large star-shaped aliens travel to earth in hopes of warning them about an oncoming catastrophe. To prevent panic about their appearance, one alien takes the form of a popular singer.

A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one of these. Katsugoro Iseya was a timber dealer who had come in as a client. His target was the constructions magistrate Hanno, and the Tatsumiya who sipped on the benefits. Hanemon who had a stong code towards killing, where he would only kill those who do no good to be in the world, accepts this request. Baian Fujieda, a needle doctor would carry out the killing. However, the professional killer Baian fails to bring down Tatsumiya. Hanemon then looks to another shikakenin, the ronin Sanai Nishimura for the role. Although Sanai's ability with the sword is good, he lives poorly in a tenement, and accepts this commission on the condition that it is kept a secret from his wife and child. Here, they close in on Hanno and Tatsumiya again...